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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1919
Page
2
Phil I. Cole of Chateau Montana, a prominent livestock farmer, reports a mild winter reduced hay feeding and a robust 1919 wool clip. He notes healthy flocks, expectation of excellent staple, and a shift toward consignments to buyers amid price fluctuations and war-era uncertainty.
A campaign urges sportsmen and clubs to destroy the crow seen as a pest to farmers. The piece compares the bird to a pirate and praises extermination efforts while noting poets once praised its beauty and that Russians strive toward heaven differently than the Bolsheviks.
Building plans for an up to date home emphasize time and labor saving devices to ease housework. Include screened living porch, accessible kitchen with compact work triangle, ample cupboards, outdoor ice access, and convenient cellar entry to reduce waste space and cut overall costs.
The article explains winter feeding mimicking summer grazing using silage and alfalfa hay. It recommends one pound of grain per pound of milk and a mix of corn chop wheat bran and linseed or cottonseed meal. It also stresses warm shelter and barns to improve milk production.
Hart-Parr of Charles City Iowa continues wartime manufacturing and shifts to New Hart-Parr Tractors. The plant added 500000 dollars in new machinery to build the tractors and a Hart-Parr branch at Great Falls Montana is nearly ready to conduct dealer and customer business.
The most economical dairy cattle feed mixes alfalfa hay and silage with grain added as milk output dictates. A standard feeding rule is one pound hay and three pounds silage per 100 pounds of body weight, plus grain proportional to milk. Montana can grow alfalfa cheaply, though silage may form the basis where hay is imported.
George W. Ascough of the State Nursery and Seed Co says Montana farmers, hurt by two dry years, will plant a wider range of crops. With wheat still grown, dry weather crops will be emphasized and seed purchases are already rising, signaling unusual farm activity in 1919.
A two year old buffalo bull from Mammoth Hot Springs left Livingston by express bound for San Francisco where it will join a zoo. It is the third park shipment this winter and weighs about 1500 pounds. Express charges totaled 153 dollars prepaid.
If trends continue the Bolsheviks may conclude their entry into the United States was a misstep prompting a critical reconsideration of their stance and alignment within American society.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura products for baby rashes. It highlights Cuticura Soap for baths Cuticura Ointment for gentle anointing and Cuticura-Talcum powder as a finishing touch. Pricing listed as 25 cents each.
Architect argues lessons from war and industry show farmers need better housing and comforts. Billions spent on munition and shipyard workers improved efficiency. same approach could steady farm labor, attracting and retaining workers and boosting farmer prosperity.
That sheep feeding is practical in Montana is annually demonstrated by August Vaux of Sidney in the lower Yellowstone near the North Dakota line. Vaux raises corn, stores silage by the hundred tons and tops the market. This year he sent a band of 126 pound wethers to Chicago that sold at 12 dollars per hundredweight. Feed remains the critical factor and he grows it.
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